It must be unusual (it is within my knowledge of the subject) to release a live album over three discs. Not only is it a lot of work, you have to have played three hours worth of music live in order to do it!
This is just a great live album. It covers the entire span of Iced Earth's career to this point, and does it live. From this you learn that :
1. Iced Earth's back catalogue contains a truckload of great material.
2. It sounds better live
3. Iced Earth can play.
As an introduction to Iced Earth, if you haven't heard them before, this is your best bet. If you know their stuff, then this is just as necessary, to hear how much better the songs sound in a live environment. If you have it all, you already know what I'm talking about.
Memories : Standing in Utopia in 2001, looking through the Iced Earth section, trying to decide on the first album of theirs that I should buy, having never heard any of their music before. I pick up Alive In Athens, and remark to Kearo that, with three CDs, this should be value for money ($44.95 I believe it was). He agreed, and remarked that it would certainly give a good overview of the band. In the end, I baulked at the price, and went for the newly released Horror Show instead.
Rating : An excellent live 'history' of the band. 4/5.
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